Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-14
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
A Column Devoted to the Interests of Farmers
and stockmen.

Barbara (Cal) fair.
The yield of potatoes along the
coast in the section, devoted to the
growth of the tuber is not up to the
| average.
VIM. F. Brown, of King county, w.
| T., states that last season he saw Is
pounds OF honey per week extracted
from single hive.
One fourth of an acre, well MANFRED
and cultivated will produce more and
better vegetables than a whole acre
not so well attended to.
1t is estimated that the raisin crop
OF Californiaithis year. will amount to
100000 boxes, against 475,OOO for
1885, and LIE, 900 for 1884.
To kill moles an Illinois farmer puts
strychnine in pieces of liver the size
of hickory nut, placing the pieces at
different points in their runs.
A mixture of soft soap, two gallons
of water and pint of either turpen-
tine or kerosene, syringed upon plants
is said to destroy all plant lice.
Nelson Bennett has in his yard at
Tacoma, w. T., small chestnut tree
which has produced about half
bushel of very fine and large chest
nuts this fall.
All things considered, the largest
flow of milk is the most profitable, I'M
less it is secured at too great expense.
Reason must be fused here as i'll all
other things.
@When the hurry of farm work
ceases in autumn there are many op-
portunities to make Improvements tor
which the season is favorable and the
time propitious.
The currant worm should be de-
stroyed while small with dust of helle-
bore or pyrethrum. The latter, being
perfectly harmless. is to be more
highly recommended.
Destroying beetle is equal to kill
ing fifty grubs. When meadows be-
come infested, it is well to turn in the
hogs and let them root. They will de-
stroy thousands of grubs.
The cost of keeping fences up on
any farm is usually more than the
annual tax imposed by government,
and the waste through bad or impro-
vident management is probably about
alike.
England buys 9,252 1884 worth of
the 500, 805,S24 worth of bacon we ex-
port; of hams, $2,454,9S worth out
of the 1921 500; nearly half of the
$3,462, 1913 of pork, and about one
third of our surplus lard.
Dairymen who have to keep cheap
cows on dear food may find consola-
ton, and perhaps compensation, in
the market next year free from coun.
terfeits that have kept butter down
during the last ten years.
In the care of eggs while waiting
for Matching place Is preferred that
is neither hot nor cold, damp nor dry.
If the eggs are to be kept but little
while turning them will answer, a box
or casket will be sufficient.
During the last days of August the
first dried figs of this season were
brought from the country districts in
to Smyrna for storage, packing and
expectation. The locomotive and the
wagons carrying the fruit were, as in
former years, decorated with flags and
garlands of flowers. Thousands Of
persons were waiting at the railway
station to greet the first arrival of
Smyrna's principal staple, and the
train was received with great cheer
ing, especially by the porters and
laborers, all dressed in their best. The
casks and boxes containing the tigs
were transferred to richly caparisoned
animals, adorned with flowers and
ribbons, and so carried to the bazaar, es.
corted by great crowd. The packing
was begun the same day, an operation
which gives employment for long
time to thousands.
PACKING APPLES" Handle apples
as you would handle eggs" is good
advice. Old -four barrels, unless care
fully washed and dried, will impart a
musty flavor to the fruit before mid
winter, especially if the air in the
cellar is moist. The first apples which
are put in market barrels should be
"faced." The facing consists in
placing two or three layers on the
lower head with stems down; that is
with stems pointing toward the head
Clean, bright apples of ordinary size
should be selected for this purpose
The rest of the apples may be poured
into the barrel. This pouring, il
properly done, will not iniure the
apples. Eggs can be poured. Use {
basket with swinging handle, on,
which can be lowered into the barre
and turned while there, and hold tn,
apples with the hand, SO that the,
will not pour out too rapidly. Two o
three times during the filling shak'
the barrel gently to settle the apple
firmly. Face the upper head in TIN
same manner as the lower one. 1t i
desirable not to head up the barrel a
5 once. Cover with boards to keep GU
the rain, and let the barrels stand opel
four or five days. 1t is not, however